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Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu, Volume 2: Geographical and Administrative Designations
Paul D. Buell
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Description for Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu, Volume 2: Geographical and Administrative Designations
Hardback. Compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518-1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, this title is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Editor(s): Unschuld, Paul U. Num Pages: 466 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GBC; MBX; VXHT1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 35. Weight in Grams: 768.
The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518-1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Its description of almost 1,900 pharmaceutically used natural and man-made substances marks the apex of the development of premodern Chinese pharmaceutical knowledge. The Ben cao gang mu dictionary offers access to this impressive work of 1,600,000 characters. This second book in a three-volume series verifies and localizes all 2,158 geographical ... Read more
The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518-1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Its description of almost 1,900 pharmaceutically used natural and man-made substances marks the apex of the development of premodern Chinese pharmaceutical knowledge. The Ben cao gang mu dictionary offers access to this impressive work of 1,600,000 characters. This second book in a three-volume series verifies and localizes all 2,158 geographical ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
767g
Number of Pages
466
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520291966
SKU
V9780520291966
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About Paul D. Buell
Hua Linfu is Professor at the Institute of Qing History, Renmin University of China. Paul D. Buell is an independent scholar living in Seattle, Washington. Paul U. Unschuld is Professor and Director of the Horst-Goertz Endowment Institute for the Theory, History, and Ethics of Chinese Life Sciences at Charite-Medical University Berlin. His previous books include Huang Di Nei ... Read more
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